Mom hears EVERYTHING

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[@1988ladykay]

Yeh moms are hardcore intuitive like that. I’m adopted and my mom was still like that 😂

[@sandilevesque8408]

Men have the unique ability to tune out EVERYTHING. Yes its a super power.

[@yaymidget]

My husband calls it the nothing box.

[@katcochrane01]

Same lol

[@SarahLizDoan]

I wish us women had this ability.

[@tashahouston4025]

That's so my husband

[@tbbart6463]

Some call it super others call it under-functioning or laziness. Tomato - tomotto.

[@heatherkeenum6833]

Love it! I have always been a heavy sleeper through the years. Now that I've been a Mom for over 20 years I can hear a kid retching and getting ready to vomit from half a house away, in my sleep. It's crazy cool how we get trained as Mommies.

[@debmarrett212]

I will never forget when my cousins, my sister and I were playing in the bedroom on our bunkbeds. One would be on the bottom bunk on their back at push on the springs of the top bunk to bounce the person on the top bunk. My cousin, Mark pushed too hard and the top bunk legs came off the bottom bunks frame. Next thing we knew, my mom and Aunt were in the bedroom, fixed the bunkbeds, shook there finger at us and said, "Don't do that again!" Walked out of the room and shut the door. We just stood there stunned. Years later I asked my mom about the incident. She said we were giggling. Then it got immediately quiet and they heard "uh, oh." My aunt and mom just looked at each other and headed for the bedroom. They aren't sisters, so sibling intuition wasn't a factor. Mom ears in action!

[@katcochrane01]

Wow

[@TheSuzberry]

The most frightening thing to hear in a house with kids: silence.

[@LoveYou-rt6bx]

The real question is why dose she work so far she's like across the country

[@laurieg.1413]

We call it Selective hearing. Most men choose to hear exactly what they NEED ONLY...... Nothing more and nothing less. My husband compares me to the teacher on Charlie Brown. lol I love that you share the normal stuff in a great and funny way. As always..... a big fan! Laurie M. - Toronto Ontario Canada

[@saramagallanes2735]

Exactly what I was going to say. I think we all do it. I have had my tune out days :-) My kids are all adults now but I still have mom skills that kick in with other family members and pets. I love these two though they have kept my spirits up for this quarantine mayhem!! Thanks for all the laughs you two I wish you were my neighbors :-)

[@judithfox1953]

I sent my husband to an audiologist to have his hearing checked and it was perfect. The audiologist said that men were sent in all of the time by their wives only to find that their hearing was perfect. My husband begged her to fudge the numbers to make it look like he had a deficit. She did not comply. We had many a laugh over that story.

[@alicemaggio8854]

This is so funny as it is so true. My "mommy ears" started immediately after giving birth to my first daughter. I was in my room at the hospital when I heard a baby in the nursery crying. I knew it was my daughter. I walked over to the nursery and saw two nurses rocking babies. I pointed at the one crying and said, "I can take her, that is my baby." They didn't believe me at first and had a good laugh, but checked ids. They were amazed that I first of all heard her in my room, and secondly that I knew it was her.

[@jfr7160]

It’s not just Penn... IT IS ALL MEN!! Hahaha

[@joan8862]

Was that a bra in the background at the 3:30 mark? Love you guys, you are so regular.

[@jessicatillema3443]

I think so but I still love them

[@izicle8391]

XD WHAT!? As soo. As I saw this I clicked on the 3:30 mark and then I saw “it” sooooo ok? But anyway it’s ok

[@lpsflamingstudios3310]

Oh wow! I think you are right.😅😊

[@lpsflamingstudios3310]

@@jessicatillema3443 me too

[@tashahouston4025]

I fell so much more normal

[@dianepowers9643]

Mom's also have eyes in the back of their heads. They see,hear and know all

[@dianepowers9643]

Moms also have eyes in the back of their heads, can see through walls, and know everything

[@PhilsFamily]

Hahaha, this was a technique I had to master being a single father, but once you've got it, its there. a blessing and a curse, lol. did you already do a video on Mom v. dad when it comes to injuries and illness? I cant remember lol.

[@mezagarner4427]

Moms are super hero’s y’all!!!!

[@John_Be]

I am excited to declare as a dad, I am the one with Super Sonic ears. EXCEPT at bedtime. SHE can hear a pin drop in a driveway because it woke her up! When class starts I ALWAYS warn my students about my hearing. Someone will test it of course and learn about it the hard way.

[@arturodiaz4106]

As I was watching this, my wife was talking to me saying something about something about something something. Idk

[@rorifrongillo6763]

The Mom Hearing is especially in overdrive when you're a single parent. We can tell which kid in the neighborhood is the one yelling/laughing/arguing and if they're going to need help (dodging those bullies).

[@babysittingtipsandtricks8869]

My dogs were barking like crazy cuz they were fighting each other and my mom and step dad were playing Mario party with the volume up and my step dad still heard the door bell ring for pizza😂(btw, this was before corona)

[@kyragrayc]

Ha!! That's so true. I saw the title and I said "that is so true" also I loved your fortnite video and I love it when you guys do the videos with the green screen behind the people. Like when Kim does the Penn voice. Anyway I know Kim reads the comments (bc I started listening to your podcast so I know) and so hi Kim!! 👋🏼

[@smcb2202]

This video made me laugh! In the mids of Covid-19 and I needed this! My daughter (5yrs old) crawled into bed with me the other night and was so proud in the morning cause she didn’t wake me up... first time ever! I usually hear EVERYTHING! -Lindsay

[@Jupitearth]

My mom hearing: Hey son Me: Yes? Mom SON Me YES Mom:SON Me: YESS

[@bethslaughter4279]

I am a glam-ma now. My sweet grand baby will be 2 next week. My youngest kid is only 5 (yes, yes it’s true, the oldest is 22) but I am so happy to say that the super ninja middle of the night ears have continued into glam-ma stage. I can hear the whimper from the next room and know, immediately whether she is just fussy or needs a diaper change or is scared or whatever. Love this!,

[@heatherp2667]

This is hilariously true....Ya'll are so funny. I love that you shed light on stuff that my husband says Im "weird" or "crazy" because of. Not weird or crazy just "normal.

[@netmeg1119]

This is actually the complete opposite of my mom. She can never hear anything I used to say even if I was right next to here.

[@wencireone]

Wife: 'What's that noise' Me: 'I don't know what you can hear '

[@CG_Hali]

It's just that it's everywhere you look: girls are showed and expected to care (not just moms) be aware of everything and pick up messes. I was a Grade 2 teacher and already the difference between boys and girls was there x_x When a boy dropped his stuff on the floor, he'd stand there doing nothing while 3 to 4 girls were already on the floor helping out. Then I made them all realize that the girls were great for being nice, but they shouldn't help someone who just stood there like they were maids. And boys should act right away because it's their mess. Cooperation is different from expectation and blocking out one's responsibility. But then I saw how their moms acted picking the boys up (did everything for them) while the daughters were expected to get all their stuff themselves. That's when I realized it's from birth. It's in cartoons, books, ads, songs, and it's emulated everywhere. We have ways to go. Moms need to expect from their boys as much as girls, but also from their husbands (they also are responsible for that paper toilet roll!). Men need to realize that yes, life sucks, and their wives aren't there so they don't have to do things and they don't get to sit down for football if the house is a mess after the wife also works a full shift plus taking care of kids. Or vice versa, some women do the same to their hubbies. It's not a blanket statement. Great on you guys for being introspective! :D

[@robbymounce5764]

I’m not even HALFWAY done with this video yet but I ALREADY LOVE THIS VIDEO! ❤ lol! 🤣

[@robbymounce5764]

I’m not even HALFWAY done with this video yet but I ALREADY LOVE THIS VIDEO! ❤ lol! 🤣

[@mvass294evr]

I hear everything sick related or injury related. I also know that 4 year olds need to eat lunch. Somehow or another "they didn't say they were hungry" is ok to not feed them. My adhd daughter also has a super human power. She can actually "HEAR" my eyes open. If its Saturday and I'm wanting to sleep in, to maybe 8 a.m., you can guarantee she will be in her room listening for the eyes.

[@tacoteacher8501]

See our family is the complete opposite. I have selective hearing...lol

[@Karen-je5iz]

My mom can’t hear very well most things, but she can hear my baby sister form across the house before I do and I am sitting right next to her.

[@EricJulien]

Ok, that's totally unfair. :-p I might be like Penn, but I can hear a running toilet from across the yard.

[@peggyharris7849]

“You must have just read a book or something. “ 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikecoleman3433]

When my son was very young and first starting to use the bathroom, standing up, I heard the toilet seat slam down and he screamed. My wife even said that she never saw me move so fast because I KNEW exactly what happened!

[@Mushroom321-]

I've been told my many people I have good hearing.. 😼 yes!!, I can tell by the tones of hearing "mom" of how urgent it is.. 😁☺ super mom powers!

[@ckmcq472]

Uhhh am I the only one turned way off when Penn says sometimes he has to close things off and focus on other things...uh so you have to close off your children?!

[@TheFrenchChefYT]

i love penn as a nurse with the baby

[@elizabethhoyle9155]

Up to now, I've also had this mother-super-ninja hearing. Now that I'm getting older, and I've lost some of that, I find myself having to ask my family to repeat themselves more and more. I think I've trained them to mumble so as not to blow out my super sensitive hearing.

[@shp8597]

Penn wearing the wig is more like Norman Bates than a doctor 🧓

[@sarahlantto8913]

It’s a scientific thing… women’s ears are attuned to hear more high-pitch noises… i catch myself when I hear water “spilling” and I say, while running to wherever I think the sound is coming from yelling: Who’s peeing on the floor???!!!

[@howardlee0420]

YES, YES, YES! My wife calls me in the bathroom with the sink turned on high, the Shower turned high and talks to me about something at the 2.45 mark.

[@mmmirei]

My mom will hear literally everything, but absolutely nothing at the same time. Like she will hear me slightly bump into something all the way across the house and down the stairs, but if I’m walking in my shoes that are fairly loud right outside of her room and then I come in and say something, she is super surprised and absolutely terrified.

[@mylife2432]

At my friend's Birthday, her pet hamster died 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Joy-lg1wt]

Aw, that's sad🙁🙁 but happy Birthday to her (even tho this is like 6 months late)

[@EamonWill]

She didn't hear the lead in for that compliment! Why? Because MOM'S heart everything. WIVES hear nothing. LMAO I can hear my son breathing in his sleep at night, but when my husband starts talking it sounds like the parents on the Peanuts.

[@crystalcurrie2393]

I can hear absolutely everything. Its true. Us mums just can. But over the years, I just chosen to shut out 90% of it all and just do what men do. Select hearing. If didn't I'd go insane honestly

[@CRMLionheart]

You guys have one of the best relationships!

[@roastbeefer06]

We have a box fan going on in our room almost 24/7 during the summer, and my husband and I have a hard time hearing each other over it.. .especially when we walk into the bathroom/closet.

[@MHall-lm7oy]

This is us!! I always ask my husband did you hear child #4last night??? And he never has.....how???

[@ava-fh5ot]

I love your channel and videos so much☺

[@rmmzbishop]

My wife is the exact same. She starts talking to me while facing away from me, when I am not looking at her, continue speaking softer and softer as she moves away, and will then get upset with me because I can't hear any/every thing she says.

[@kimberlygordon5290]

Had to pause in the middle to go show my mom the part bout the talking from in the closet. It made me think of her and my dad. 😂😂

[@katiemcspadden6549]

This video is hilarious and so true!! I am guilty of starting a conversation and walking away and I just keep talking 😂😂 it drives my husband crazy

[@elevateandempower]

I've totally had this same conversation with my husband a million times, that he doesn't hear things through the house the way I do, so I am aware of & get involved in way more fights & conversations than he does...

[@stephenblackstone4619]

I will qualify this by saying, I'm 66 years old, have tinnitis (ringing in my ears 24/7, 365 days a year since I was 27 years old, and have 50% hearing loss in my right ear from a family malady, no joke ....SERIOUSLY), and my wife know every bit of this. She is in a room 2 rooms away, both my TV, and her TV are on, and she will talk to me. I can't hear anything discernable as language or words, just a "plethora of sound" (POS). So, I grab the remote as I ask loudly, "What?" She starts repeating as I look for the volume mute buttons, and I have to say "WAIT, wait, wait gotta turn down the TV, turn yours down too." Then if I can't hear, gotta say "Wait, I'm coming to you........" so at least I can SEE her beautiful lips, and lip read to augment my lack of hearing. Or my wife will turn away and walk out of the room......I can't discern what she is saying, and can't read her lips at all to help. I AM NOT ignoring her, I TRULY CAN'T discern or hear what is being said. I get rather defensive when I am accused of not listening. If the eardrum(tympanic membrane) can't, or is impared in moving the signal to the malleus, incus, and stapes, through the semicircular canals, to the Cochlea, to the Cochlear nerve and/or Vestibular nerve, to the brain for analysis. Strokes (of which I have had 2, in 2009, and 2014) can change how you can analyze the received signal. That is IF ALL the links send the signal on, I have nerve damage, so the things I want to hear, I have difficulty. So next time you get angry with someone that you think is ignoring you, find a way to temporarily replicate their difficulty, and empathize. I had made a cassette (yes, it was THAT LONG ago 😳) of John Maxwell, I put it in the player, after about 30 seconds later, my wife said, "I CAN'T STAND THIS!", and popped the cassette out. I asked why, she said, "That whistling is driving me crazy, can't you hear it?" I asked her to tell me when it was normal loudness, listen for 45 seconds, I have a GOOD reason for having you do this. After the 45 seconds, and I popped the cassette out, she glared at me and asked, "What was THAT for?" I said, "What you just heard is what I have heard for 24/7 constantly for the last 15 YEARS." BE GLAD for what you have, and don't have, and show empathy.

[@johnnyjohnston8847]

In our house ( we have 3 boys) mom will baby them if they have a skinned knee!! I on the other hand there had better be missing limbs before I freak out!! I always tell my wife( there boys boys just naturally bleed!!) BUT SHE'S A MOM!! SHE CAN'T HELP HERSELF!!

[@whisperingeaglelanders2339]

Oh my gosh my take care if my mother...she will be mumbling something and I have the fan going, the water running in the sink and the microwave is going! And she'll say "DID YOU HEAR ME?" NO! I don't!! Plus my mind just has to go somewhere sometimes or I'll lose it! 🤣 Great video!😂❤❤❤

[@JohnTLyon]

Sooo... Moms are hypersensitive, and Dads are... selectively deaf. Right?😎🤓

[@melanyancat5687]

Damn, this is so true! But it's not just a "mom/dad-problem" it's a "women/men-problem"! Same thing with my boyfriend. I can stand right in front of the bathroom door (and the bathroom is really small) and talk with a loud voice to him and he says he doesn't hear me, but when I'm in the bathroom and he's talking to me, I can understand him very clearly even when he's not talking with a loud voice... same thing with other situations. BUT THEN sometimes when I'm eating chips while we are watching a movie or when the radio is on (definitely not loud), he goes crazy because it's "too loud"... So I'm like... wtf is going on with his ears? 😂😂😅

[@isiajahhhahahababblvjylvjy1034]

Now you made me remember when I was like 7, on a Summer activity thing, and we were playing a game where you need to find a toy inside a big room. While the person was hiding it, my teammate and I were trying to cheat and see where it is. I quickly stopped but he didn't, and a teacher had to turn him and stop him. Then he started shouting "I HAVE EYES IN MY BACK, I HAVE EYES IN MY BACK!!!". When the race started, he was somehow the one who found it, even though he didn't look and he didn't hear anything. I'm starting to get terified.

[@lisawillett7410]

Here's a story for you Kim. My son was outside playing and I heard a piercing scream and I ran outside with my car keys in my hand knowing I would have to take him to the E.R. He broke his arm, and I knew that from the sound. When My son is like, "Mom?" I know he's just wanting a snack so I will say yes before he even asks and he's like How did you know what I was going to ask. lol. BECAUSE I AM THE MOM!!!!!

[@sownpeace]

My husband also has ADHD, and I like to be a parent... so yeah, this - resonates. Bottom line - it's half wiring and half CHOICE to be present.

[@majormana1]

My mother heard nothing cause she honestly didn't care unless it bencited her. Dad heard when I was little then his one ear went bad. I being oldest fell on me to hear everything of my siblings which was really weird when I heard them and couldn't do anything because my mom had disappeared with them.

[@TeamGartin]

Cool video!! Check out our family's channel! #TeamGartin

[@elwynmckenzie6027]

My boss/friend gives me instructions from 3 rooms away and not over any kind of intercom/electronic device. I can hear her, but not understand her. Lucky we are friends too. So every so often I yell at her. "You're doing it again!"

[@christopherbutler3760]

I am utterly convinced that my wife has super ninja radioactive bat hearing, especially when it comes to our kids. I will admit that I do have a red hot scorching case of Selective Dad Hearing.

[@burnyizland]

I feel like you're speaking hypothetically about the part about them whispering in your ear when they gave you the baby but that literally was what happened to me! And it happened and it's a true super power.

[@hannahmore9118]

My daughter had sleep apnea due to enlarged adenoids and tonsils and a narrow upper palate. I did not sleep for ten years listening for her breathing to start up again every night. On the other hand, if I am reading a book my kids could stand in front of me talking at me and I won't hear what they are saying. They have to physically touch me to get my attention.

[@kelvinclark6505]

I have developed mom hearing because I'm a single dad of 2 girls so I had too lol

[@mezagarner4427]

Not just hearing ability but eyes in the back of their heads!!!

[@williamadams9907]

I was a single dad for the first 5 years of my son's life. Across the house I could hear there slightest sound from him. It got weird when I thought I heard distress sounds and I was wrong.

[@bradg1440]

So true! I try to listen to my daughter tell me stuff, but when she's done talking I have no idea what she just told me unless I took notes while she was talking.

[@RFsounds7]

Selective hearing... My dad was the master of it... With 8 kids in the family

[@amandakeppner2095]

Men have to ask their wives like Aragorn: "Woman! What do your elf ears hear?"

[@bob-vz9ji]

Is the camping trip vid finished yet?

[@katcochrane01]

In our house at least every mom is like yeeeeeeees

[@katcochrane01]

I meant to put a coma after least

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

moms do have esp they can also tell when their kid broke the law of broke curfew it is their superpower truth

[@hannahmore9118]

Also, this is why kids need both a father and a mother, division of duties, skills and talents.

[@BK-hp6fv]

Love all the, don't mean to attack ALL men but... comments. So sexist

[@georgeherod4252]

So true, my son will want my attention to tell me a multi plot story that he is making up as he tells it and can talk for half an hour.

[@RedCornStudios]

Now I think our house is the reverse. Our daughter will same "mom" 3 times in the car...then I say "answer your daughter". The struggle is real Kim!

[@michellewalbey8060]

That's because God has equipt woman with a high sensitive than men that's why we are the way we are and men have to be trained to do what we do

[@laylagachaxd9808]

Women have better hearing than men so when they have their baby they can hear it when it cries at night,this answers this whole video.

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Never underestimate the power of Mom Hearing. It works for kids, partners, pets... basically anything that’s “off”. I can hear by the sound of one of my dog’s nails clicking on the floor that he’s trying to sneak something unspeakable into the house. I can hear if my cat wants out because she’s bored or because she wants to go potty. The sound of how my daughter turns the pages of her book tells me if she.s actually doing homework or pretending. Even silence can trigger our Mom Ears. Every Mom knows about that ominous silence that spells possible disaster. I’m a heavy sleeper but things my subconscious will qualify as “trigger sounds” or “trigger silences” will have me standing next to my bed and half dressed in the blink of an eye, completely awake and clear-minded. In a normal situation you could fire a cannon foot from me and it wouldn’t rouse me, and in the morning don’t even think of asking me to utter more than a grunt before I’ve had two big mugs of coffee. One little sound that something’s off and I’ll have all cylinders firing with a vengeance though. 🤣 My SO is a single Dad and has developed Mom Ears out of necessity. As a team we’re lethal. And don’t get me started on the Mom Nose. It’s our other superpower. 😎

[@samszczepanski2281]

my mom can not hear when we call her but when we say something kinda close to mom she answers.

[@gscott5778]

Ok - My wife doesn't share my interest in internet/youtube videos but I have to get her to listen to this one. The walking away mumbles... Priceless - Oh and for me... with a 40% hearing loss (Documented not making this up..) It kills me - "I guess you didn't want me to hear what you were saying right dear?"

[@michelemeier7888]

I love how y’all act it what the other person is saying 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tryingtohaveityall]

The wig on Penn. Dying. 😂.

[@lpsflamingstudios3310]

Yeah. That wig is making me crack up like an egg.

[@disneygrandma7541]

I totally love watching your videos. I am 60 years old and I went through all of these videos that you are doing especially the Mom hearing one made me laugh

[@Traci.Johnson.Francisco]

I think as moms it's instilled in us naturally to pay attention to our offspring in the hopes of keeping them safe. I can hear the pitch of my son's cry from another room and can usually tell what happened. The one time he had to go to the hospital and have stitches, I heard it in his cry immediately that something was REALLY wrong. Men I don't think pay attention because they don't really think they need too? lol My ex-husband was like that. He assumed I'd just take care of everything.

[@erichinkle8522]

Get your neighbor across the street to contrast and compare on dad and mom ears

[@dahlilahanderson6928]

My mom can hear and see it all I think that being a mom makes you aware

[@tracyschrack3797]

I had my hearing checked and I have a 20 year old’s hearing... So on top of that and being super observant my kids never get away with anything!! My husband is always amazing! And my daughter hates it

[@larrydlam]

Really selective hearing. As a father of five, I had to tune out noise but could hear important things. Tone would get my attention - hurt, scared or very loud would definitely get my attention.

[@Donkey_Kong7]

My mom can tell exactly what I mean by my tone of voice in a mumble, one time I just got teeth pulled and had gauze in my mouth, I said mmhh huuuu llm (can I have a popsickle?) and she said, "no, not till after lunch."

[@lindsayerickson7293]

It’s called “selective hearing.” 😆

[@hestiluhsuprobowati8143]

My late husband complained about not hearing me and do not get some “phrase” or “utterance” which I thought is well..should be audible or understandable

[@dianepowers9643]

And mom's have super sight. I think my mom also had eyes in the back of her head, supersonic hearing and multitask. They have to be superwoman

[@amberwheeler2905]

Awesome love it. Great job

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

my mom had premonitions she just knew

[@josierichens2039]

Was anyone else super stoked that there was a Settlers of Catan box behind them? These people are my spirit animals